Dal Palak

I should say dal (lentils) is kind of new on our menu. Both of us didn't prefer dal, may be because we had too much of it during our hostel days.

It all changed because of my dear friend Preeta, who was also my neighbor till a few months back (she relocated to India recently). We used to have tea time chatting sessions regularly and one of our major topics of discussion was food. Since she is from North of India & me from south, we used to discuss the different food habits, preparations etc;Â Once during our usual chatting session, she said she made dal makhni that day & I told her I've never had that. She was so surprised (or shall i say shocked?) to hear that. She immediately packed some dal makhni for me. My whole perception about dal was changed with a spoonful of Preeta's dal makhni :) and I was hoping that it will be the same for hubby also…though he was a bit hesitant in the beginning to try it, I somehow succeeded in convincing him and he also fell in love with it.

That gave me the inspiration to try out different dal recipes, I started with her dal makhni itself (recipe coming soon). I was so happy that we both like dal now, because I can now experiment with one more ingredient which can be prepared in many ways & moreover its healthy too.

So after ice breaking session with Preeta's dal makhni, I made an effort to know it more and have started noticing dal recipes and that's how I got this one. This was shown on a TV cookery show. I liked it because of its simplicity.

Preeta dear, thanks once again for your wonderful dal makhni and for helping us to change our attitude towards dal :) and I miss our chatting sessions a lot :( . Wishing you the best…

Please check out the dal palak made by Josphine, based on the above recipe. Thank you so much Josphine :)

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I accidently enter into ur blog while searching indri appam for maundy thrusday ….but i got many receipe frm ur blog and all are interesting to try…I tried dal palak it seems to me lovely thanks for ur receipies….

Hi Maria, Both me and my husband love dal but are not fond of palak. But both of us loved this dish. It was so tasty and healthy too. I didn’t add the coconut milk but still it was tasty.. In this lent season am on the lookout for veg dishes. Ur dal makhini is next on my list to try. Will let u know…

I am really thankful to u for ur delicious recipes,as it is really helpful to people like me who finds cooking as a tough job.I really like the presentation as well as the intro about each menu which makes me feel comfortable .

i came across ur blog randomly while i was searching for dal palak recipe n first i tht its owned by sme north indian bt when i saw the typical kottayam menus i felt so happy coz iam from kottayam.now iam a fan of u n ur blog..maria thanx a lot for ur recipe it came out very well.next iam gn to try ur malai kofta…